Our Offer
The complete music metadata solution
From raw catalog data to enriched, licensed, production-ready metadata - delivered through APIs, datafeed, and a real-time monitoring dashboard.
Enriching music metadata at scale
One source of truth for music metadata - editorially curated, rights-cleared and continuously enriched - packaged into modular datasets, flexible licences and end-to-end services.
Who we serve
Our offer rests on three pillars:
Datasets
Delivered as data integration packages - a Basic core extended by Credits, Lyrics, Works, Images and more.
Licenses
Rights-cleared content licensed for in-app use, with flexible terms tailored to your product.
Services
Matching, normalization, QA, catalog cleansing, support and guaranteed coverage, end-to-end.
Datasets
Basic is the foundation, every other dataset extends it.
Basic
Artist, Album, Recording
Core normalized metadata forming the authoritative foundation of Music Story's catalog. Required to unlock every other dataset.
Artist
- Name & aliases
- Type
- Gender
- Birth / death
- Translations
- ISNI, MBID
Album
- Title
- Release date
- Type
- UPC / EAN
- Translations
- Tracklist
Recording
- Title & version
- Duration
- ISRC
- Track number
- Translations
+ Extend with
ISRCs / Clusters
Recording
Multiple ISRCs consolidated into unified recording entities — categorized by Phonogram, Artist-Title and Work.
Credits
Album, Recording
Credits for all contributors and roles at album and recording levels.
Images
LicensedArtist
Curated and rights-cleared artist imagery optimized for user interfaces.
Bios
LicensedArtist
Multilingual artist biographies and career highlights.
Lyrics
LicensedRecording
Licensed lyrics with timestamps and translations.
Platform IDs
Artist, Album, Recording
Cross-platform identifiers (Spotify, Apple Music, etc).
Works
Recording
Publishing-level metadata linking recordings to music works, including rightsholders and ownership splits.
Artworks
LicensedAlbum
High-quality album cover art with associated rights metadata.
Popularity
Artist, Recording
Structured popularity indicators at artist and recording levels.
Audio Tags
Recording
Audio descriptors metadata (BPM, mood, tempo, energy, tonal traits, etc).
Recommendations
LicensedArtist, Album, Recording
Relational data enabling music recommendations across artists and tracks (related artists).
Explicit
Album, Recording
Explicit content indicators at album and recording levels.
Albums reviews
LicensedAlbum
Multilingual editorial album reviews.
Charts
LicensedArtist, Recording
Detailed charts performance data from 500+ international charts, linked to artists and recordings.
Shows
Artist
Artists' live performances and show appearances.
Licenses
License the content you need - images, cover art, biographies, and other metadata - with terms tailored to your project and use case.
Content you can license
Images
Licensed artist photos and album cover art, in multiple resolutions.
Cover Art
High-resolution album artwork cleared for digital distribution.
Biographies
Editorial artist bios in 12 languages, both short and long formats.
Lyrics
Licensed lyrics with timestamps and translations.
Metadata created by Music Story
Genre taxonomies, artist nature (human, AI, avatar), album reviews and other editorial and classification data.
Recommendations metadata
Related artists, subgenres, and recommendation signals to power discovery.
Editorial use only by default. Licensed content such as images, cover art, biographies, reviews, lyrics, and charts is cleared for use inside your app or service.
Services
End-to-end metadata services from ingestion to delivery.
Matching
Our proprietary matching engine reconciles your catalog against Music Story's 30M+ reference recordings, unlocking duplicate detection, clustering, normalization, metadata enrichment, and work identification.
Enrichment
Layer on biographies, images, credits, genres, moods, lyrics, and editorial content.
Quality Assessment
Automated and human QA checks that ensure accuracy, consistency, and licensing compliance.
Normalization
Standardize artist names, titles, and identifiers against our reference database.
Specific Coverage
Tailored metadata solutions for unique catalogs, formats, and specialized requirements.
Terms that fit your project
Every agreement is built around your actual use case, and your business model determines which pricing dimensions apply.
Modular
Pick only the datasets and content modules you need.
Scalable
Terms evolve with your catalog, audience and roadmap.
Pricing dimensions
Monthly Active Users
Tiered pricing aligned with your MAU scale, from indie apps to global DSPs.
Volumes
Based on API calls, catalog size, or asset downloads per period.
Territories
Single market, multi-region, or worldwide rights - adapted to your footprint.
Metadata Monitor
Your secure workspace, granting total transparency of Music Story metadata & services. Designed for editorial and ops teams who need to visualize, control and organize music metadata operations.
Visual catalog exploration
Browse, search, and inspect artists, albums and recordings in one unified view.
Quality & coverage checks
Compare your catalog with ours, pinpoint gaps, and identify surface enrichment opportunities.
Reactive & flexible client support
A direct channel to our team — we are known for being reactive and flexible to your requests.
Specific services corresponding to your vertical
Tailored metadata operations and workflows built for your industry use case.
Data feeds monitoring
Track dedicated feed status, deliveries, and freshness from a single dashboard.
API account management
Monitor usage, credentials, and access for your Premium API integrations.
Access level management to Music Story datasets and services
Control who can view, request, and action each dataset and service.
Delivery & API
RESTful APIs designed for high-volume production environments. Bulk delivery via SFTP or cloud storage for initial loads. Incremental updates in real-time or scheduled batches.
{
"name": "Daft Punk",
"bio": { ... },
"images": [ ... ],
"credits": [ ... ]
}
Matching & Cleansing
Our proprietary matching engine reconciles your catalog against Music Story's 30M+ reference recordings. We deduplicate, cluster, and normalize entries using ISRC matching, artist-title heuristics, and acoustic fingerprinting.
- Semantic multi-field matching, cross-checked on artists, albums and recordings
- Dedicated high-capacity infrastructure processing DSP-scale catalogs daily
- High-quality matching reference detecting and repairing wrong values, duplicates and missing data
- Phonogram, Artist-Title & Work clustering with human QA fallback
Use Cases
How music platforms, labels, CMOs and service providers use Music Story metadata to create differentiated experiences.
FAQ
We deliver via REST API (JSON), bulk exports (CSV, XML) and direct database sync. Custom formats are available on request.
Continuously. API changes are reflected in near real time; bulk deliveries can be scheduled hourly, daily, weekly or monthly.
Yes. Our modular licensing lets you pick exactly the datasets you need - biographies, images, lyrics, charts or any combination.
We produce editorial content in up to 12 languages (7 for biographies), covering 40+ markets (including Japan and Korea) with localized writing.
We match your catalog against our reference database using ISRCs, artist-title pairs and acoustic fingerprinting. Our proprietary matching engine has been built for music and is continuously updated.
Let's talk metadata
Tell us about your catalog, your needs, and your timeline. Our team will get back to you with a tailored proposal.
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